Postdoctoral Researcher: Attention & Tech Use

Tilburg University; Tilburg; Hybrid; EUR 55,000 - 59,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation pay 8%

Year-end bonus 8.3%

8 weeks vacation

Hybrid working allowance

Internet allowance

Sustainable commuting reimbursement

Moving allowance

30% ruling for international employees

Pension ABP

Training programs

Inclusive work culture

Green campus

Job summary

Tilburg University invites applications for a Postdoctoral Researcher on attention and technology use. The role is full-time (40 hours/week) for 2.5 years, with a start date of March 1, 2027.

The position offers a hybrid or on-site arrangement in Tilburg and is part of an ERC Starting Grant project led by Matti Vuorre. The successful candidate will design and execute quantitative studies, analyze data, and contribute to manuscripts while collaborating with junior team members and the project

Qualifications

• PhD in cognitive psychology or related field.
• Experience with experiments, longitudinal data, and data analyses.
• Strong English writing skills and academic publishing track record.
• Proficiency in quantitative methods and computational modeling.

Responsibilities

• Design and run theoretically informative studies involving experiments, surveys, longitudinal data collection, and digital trace data.
• Conduct theoretically informative and reproducible data analyses.
• Prepare high-quality scholarly manuscripts.
• Present in group meetings and at scientific conferences.
• Manage own academic and research activities.
• Contribute to the project through teamwork, advising junior team members, and developing new research ideas.
• Implement open & collaborative practices such as data curation, version control, transparency, and reproducibility.

Skills

Quantitative research

Experiment design

Causal inference

Statistical modeling

Computational modeling

Data analysis

Academic English writing

Python and R

Education

PhD in cognitive psychology or related

Cognitive psychology background

Tools

Python

R

Git/version control

Statistical software

Job description

Tilburg University invites applications for a Postdoctoral Researcher on attention and technology use. The role is full-time (40 hours/week) for 2.5 years, with a start date of March 1, 2027.

The position offers a hybrid or on-site arrangement in Tilburg and is part of an ERC Starting Grant project led by Matti Vuorre. The successful candidate will design and execute quantitative studies, analyze data, and contribute to manuscripts while collaborating with junior team members and the project